7th International Yamada Honeybee Illustrations Contest

In 2013 the Yamada Bee Farm launched a competition that invites participants to illustrate bees and their environment. The 2019 competition is the seventh contest in the series and is open to everyone. We would like you to encourage children and young people to take part.

In 2005, IBBY launched a campaign to draw attention to the right of every child to become a reader. With the generous funding of the Yamada Bee Farm, the IBBY-Yamada Fund was established to provide funds for IBBY projects that help develop a book culture for children in all regions of the world.

Each year projects are developed by IBBY Members and presented to the Executive Committee. The projects selected thus far have included reading promotion programs, establishing libraries in schools and community centres, training teachers and parents in maintaining libraries and storytelling as well as workshops for writers, illustrators and editors of children’s books.